Pleasure and Displeasure

Timothy Schroeder

Publisher:

Oxford University Press

DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195172379.003.0004

Pleasure and displeasure are phenomena so familiar that there seems no need for a summary of everyday knowledge of them. This chapter describes the folk psychology of hedonic tone and the evidence on neuroscience of pleasure. In addition, the four incorrect theories of pleasure are shown. It also provides the three brief arguments to defend the thesis that pleasure and displeasure are distinctive types of conscious events rather than behavioral styles. Moreover, a representational theory of pleasure and the objections to the theory are discussed. Lastly, pleasure and theories of desire are explained.

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